A crustose species that consists of pale grey granules that may become more greenish when wet. The granules carry pinkish white, shiny and rounded schizidia. The pale pink, globular apothecia are stalked.
Thallus: C-, K+ yellow turning orange, UV+ orange
In Scotland, Dibaeis baeomyces is widespread in upland regions where it is an early re-coloniser after disturbance of peaty soils on acid heaths and moors. BLS distribution map
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